Bright Futures

Before even beginning to read Bright Futures I thought it was going to be similar to standards and just make it harder for teachers to teach what they already have. After reading this article I found that this can be a very helpful guideline in directing kids to where they need to go in school, and what they need to learn. In this article they actually give a "standard" but it includes a MLTI, or MLR standard and they include this with a more elaborate explanation. They also provide an in class example and different goals for each section. It gives examples of how to tie one concept to another, like the internet with their history standards and how these standards that have been proposed can be up lifted to get kids to the point that they need to learn. This makes kids, make more connections across disciplines and subjects as well as allow kids to connect to their community, school and understand some basic concepts in life, that a normal curriculum may not provide for them. Throughout all of this, it is ultimately trying to make a whole, well rounded student.